O friends of God! O spiritual companions!
The Lord of the peoples of the world declares in the
beneficent Qur’an: "And there is for you in the Prophet of God a good
example" That is to say, to follow His Holiness is a good example and to
imitate that Real Leader is the means of acquiring success in both of the
worlds. The followers of the Prophet were commanded to follow Him in all
affairs and manners, and when some individuals, having recognized this safe
path as the Straight Road, traveled therein, they became Kings in the Land of
the Righteous and the Kingdom of the Elect. And those souls who tried to
acquire comfort with ease, deprived themselves of all bounties and perished in
the lowest ditch of despair. Their days came to an end and their happiness terminated
Their bright morn became dark, and their transparent cup became full of dregs
and rust. Their uprising star descended, and their bright luminary set.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (From a Tablet; (Star of the West, vol. 4, no. 4, May 17, 1913)
